Windows Phone Gang

[newarkhiphop]

So what's good with that review

we here now

So I've had the Lumia 640 now for about 48 hours, have actively used it for about 18 hours , and i have used both windows 8.1 and 10 on it , here are my thoughts on the Windows phone OS and the phone

- Windows phone OS feel very "light weight" , i have had absolutely NO system lag anywhere no matter how many apps i have open , all opens open and close smoothly and just work, i love the live tiles very intuitive, my phone is a mid spec phone IMO so i can just imagine how it would run a high end phone

- Battery life is amazing, have charged the phone for like 6 hours in the past two days and am sitting at 35% as we speak

- At the same time you can tell it is a very young OS still needs a bit of polishing here and there (speaking of 8.1) a good amount of those polishes are taken care of in windows phone 10 but as you can see by some of my previous post windows 10 is not perfect yet ( which doesn't bother me since it has not been officially released yet)

- the elephant in the room is the apps, no support for google apps (youtube , gmail, music etc) is a big bummer, i think if they get official support for those apps alone it would give there store a big boost . besides that there are some good apps in the app store , a lot of them have bad reviews though but its not there fault, here is a example ; the Uber app, i downloaded and it works fine but it has a lot bad review, the reviews are ppl complaining about there Uber drivers being late etc -_- . All other apps ive used work fine so far But still there app store needs a lot work not just with content but the store itself

- the lumia 640 itself is a great phone , although it does feel very light in the hand it doesn't feel as cheap as the the galaxy series of phones but doesn't feel as premium as the iphone , has surprisingly good speakers, call quality is great, i cant comment on the camera yet because all ive taken is a bunch of B.S photos here and there

Some final thoughts :

I like Windows OS feel refreshing come from android but at the same time as i used my phone i thought about how MS did us Zune users and i really hope they don't do that with the windows phone, they have a good product on there hands here , again this a very early reviews , Ill do another one a few months out

FYI am using cricket wireless with my phone

yea i know but i went from paying $85 a month twith Verizon to paying $45 a month and it will drop to $35 next month (unlimited talk,text with 5 gigs data)

 

[Czerka]

yea i know but i went from paying $85 a month twith Verizon to paying $45 a month and it will drop to $35 next month (unlimited talk,text with 5 gigs data)

what plan is this?

 

[newarkhiphop]

what plan is this?

2.5 gigs with auto pay (meaning they auto take the money from your account each month) but I have to do one month on this 5 gig plan for $45 before I can downgrade to the $35

There speeds/service are ok especially considering I live in one of the state's where they offer least coverage but so far I've had coverage at home and work my two most important places

 

[teacher]

we here now

So I've had the Lumia 640 now for about 48 hours, have actively used it for about 18 hours , and i have used both windows 8.1 and 10 on it , here are my thoughts on the Windows phone OS and the phone

- Windows phone OS feel very "light weight" , i have had absolutely NO system lag anywhere no matter how many apps i have open , all opens open and close smoothly and just work, i love the live tiles very intuitive, my phone is a mid spec phone IMO so i can just imagine how it would run a high end phone

- Battery life is amazing, have charged the phone for like 6 hours in the past two days and am sitting at 35% as we speak

- At the same time you can tell it is a very young OS still needs a bit of polishing here and there (speaking of 8.1) a good amount of those polishes are taken care of in windows phone 10 but as you can see by some of my previous post windows 10 is not perfect yet ( which doesn't bother me since it has not been officially released yet)

- the elephant in the room is the apps, no support for google apps (youtube , gmail, music etc) is a big bummer, i think if they get official support for those apps alone it would give there store a big boost . besides that there are some good apps in the app store , a lot of them have bad reviews though but its not there fault, here is a example ; the Uber app, i downloaded and it works fine but it has a lot bad review, the reviews are ppl complaining about there Uber drivers being late etc -_- . All other apps ive used work fine so far But still there app store needs a lot work not just with content but the store itself

- the lumia 640 itself is a great phone , although it does feel very light in the hand it doesn't feel as cheap as the the galaxy series of phones but doesn't feel as premium as the iphone , has surprisingly good speakers, call quality is great, i cant comment on the camera yet because all ive taken is a bunch of B.S photos here and there

Some final thoughts :

I like Windows OS feel refreshing come from android but at the same time as i used my phone i thought about how MS did us Zune users and i really hope they don't do that with the windows phone, they have a good product on there hands here , again this a very early reviews , Ill do another one a few months out

FYI am using cricket wireless with my phone

yea i know but i went from paying $85 a month twith Verizon to paying $45 a month and it will drop to $35 next month (unlimited talk,text with 5 gigs data)

I guess with the gmail app on android you can do google chat, google hangout etc.?

 

[newarkhiphop]

I guess with the gmail app on android you can do google chat, google hangout etc.?

no they have serrate apps for that too (on android) honestly on windows phone am just using there email client which works just fine ive never been one to like all the bells and whistles that emails have nowadays, irnonically that one of the things back in the day that made gmail so great

I forgot to add another thing that MS is great is there native apps

there news/weather app >> anything ive used on the other two platforms

on the other hand this keyboard of theres feel

 

[teacher]

no they have serrate apps for that too (on android) honestly on windows phone am just using there email client which works just fine ive never been one to like all the bells and whistles that emails have nowadays, irnonically that one of the things back in the day that made gmail so great

I forgot to add another thing that MS is great is there native apps

there news/weather app >> anything ive used on the other two platforms

on the other hand this keyboard of theres feel

ok I love outlook email especially since it transfers to your PC if your windows 10

whats wrong with the keyboard? it's great....using one hand and sliding over the keys I haven't used that feature on anyother OS but I couldn't imagine it working better...9 out 10 times its predicting the correct word YMMV I guess

 

[newarkhiphop]

ok I love outlook email especially since it transfers to your PC if your windows 10

whats wrong with the keyboard? it's great....using one hand and sliding over the keys I haven't used that feature on anyother OS but I couldn't imagine it working better...9 out 10 times its predicting the correct word YMMV I guess

Ive been using swiftkeyboard for years now probably around 5 , the swipe functionality seemed a bit better there BUT that kicker was that after using it for years it memorize like how you type / words you use often, so you could write sentences in seconds, its a small pet peeve more than anything

what are u using as far as music apps? stock app?

 

[Liquid]

Sounds like @midwesthiphop is down with WP for good now

 

[Strapped]

what plan is this?

cricket

 

[Czerka]

im on the 635 and i still dont have windows 10

 

[newarkhiphop]

Sounds like @midwesthiphop is down with WP for good now

Definitely going to be around for a while

 

[newarkhiphop]

Say brehs a app to move
Files? Need move some files from SD to phoe

 

[newarkhiphop]

Nvm got it

 

[teacher]

Ive been using swiftkeyboard for years now probably around 5 , the swipe functionality seemed a bit better there BUT that kicker was that after using it for years it memorize like how you type / words you use often, so you could write sentences in seconds, its a small pet peeve more than anything

what are u using as far as music apps? stock app?

yea stock...works

 

[newarkhiphop]

No LED notifications on wp8 ?